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'Digital arrest' fraud: 2 held from Hanskhali

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- Kolkata Police arrested two persons from Hanskhali in Nadia on Wednesday night for their alleged involvement in a digital arrest fraud case. The arrestees, identified as Debtanu Sa... Read More


CM raises concerns over EC notices to eminent persons

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at the Election Commission for issuing hearing notices to Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, noted poet Joy Goswami and Toll... Read More


Trinamool moves HC against ED raids; Mamata to lead protest march today

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court, filing a writ petition against the Centre and the ED over raids at multiple locations, which it described as ... Read More


Abhishek listens to migrant workers' plight, announces helpline number

Malda, Jan. 8 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday struck a compassionate note while highlighting the alleged torture and humiliation faced by Bengal mi... Read More


Pratik Jain's family lodges plaint alleging theft during ED raids

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- The family of Pratik Jain, chief of political consultancy firm I-PAC, on Thursday filed a police complaint against the ED, alleging theft of important documents during a raid at hom... Read More


ED names Shakambhari Group, raids six locations in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday conducted searches at six locations across West Bengal, including three in Kolkata, in a coal smuggling and money-laundering probe in wh... Read More


Bengal SIR: EC exempts overseas electors from personal hearings

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- The Election Commission (EC) has exempted electors who are temporarily residing abroad for studies, official work, medical treatment or other purposes from appearing in person durin... Read More


From waste to fertiliser, state pushes circular economy

Kolkata, Jan. 8 -- State Additional Chief Secretary of the Environment department Roshni Sen said on Thursday that the state government has initiated rural industrial entrepreneurship by converting ru... Read More


Mass SIR summons in Falakata as 478 voters of 1 booth receive notices

Alipurduar, Jan. 8 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has triggered widespread distress in Falakata after 94 per cent of voters from Booth No. 13/200 were summoned for hearings... Read More


Minor fire breaks out at Siliguri SDO office, no records damaged

Siliguri, Jan. 8 -- A fire broke out at the office of the Siliguri Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) late on Wednesday night. Local residents noticed flames coming out of a room inside the office premises ... Read More